Re: [expert] sshd server problem - HELP!

[Tibbetts, Ric]

Toshiro wrote:

Linux Server sitting in Seattle, I'm in Florida.
The Linux Server crashed due to a power failure (I know, it needs a
UPS). When the server came back up, it came up, sans sshd. So I cannot
get on it to check it out. I also cannot get on to diagnose the

problem

with sshd, because ssh is my only access (kinda a catch-22 isn't it?).

Is the server doing anything at all? My first guess is filesystem
corruption with errors that require human intervention (it happened to me a couple
of times).
Ask someone to look at the console to see if that's what happened.

What I always do in your situation (remote box) is to configure a serial

console so I can see what's going on when problems arise

THanks!

I have this one solved. "Somehow" (I'm still investigating "how"), the sshd user had gotten deleted. sshd will not run without it.

Once I restored that (with the help of my remote fingers), all returned to normal.

Ric

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